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Subject:Re: Employment history low points From:stephen -dot- arrants -at- attbi -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:09:29 +0000
Ooo. I don't think so. Too many variables. You're not up against the same 100
people. The jobs are all the same. What the hiring folk are looking for isn't
the same.
The chances of being chosen for a job is related to your qualifications and
their needs, not false mathematics.
> (Mathematical factoid: If 100 people apply for a job, only 1 can be chosen.
> So, if you apply for 100 jobs, the chances are you will be chosen for one
> of them).
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